I wanted to like this a lot more than I actually did. I had a brief moment of thinking I'd actually read the book before, but it turns out the attemptI wanted to like this a lot more than I actually did. I had a brief moment of thinking I'd actually read the book before, but it turns out the attempted suicide at the beginning just reads unsettlingly like the suicide at the beginning of The Hours. I think there were simply too many moments of character study and I couldn't settle into one perspective. Even so, it was fun to read about the Romantics and their doomed loves. ...more

This play makes me flail, even after several re-reads. This time, I read the first half standing in my kitchen, my jacket still half-on and my keys stThis play makes me flail, even after several re-reads. This time, I read the first half standing in my kitchen, my jacket still half-on and my keys still in my hand....more